Unfortunately Richard Trumka isn’t the only Big Labor boss with a salary that’s out of control. In fact, his very generous income of $293,750 in 2011 is about average. According to the Labor Department’s total compensation figures, many of the top labor leaders make even more than Trumka: Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Department of Labor, Feature, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, Hansen, Hoffa, Mary Kay Henry, National Education Association, NEA, SEIU, Teamsters, Trumka, UFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Weingarten
The massive modernization bill costing more than $64 billion over four years will allow the nation’s air traffic control system to switch from radar to GPS technology. It’s a move that allows the country to finally enter the 21st Century with respect to its air traffic control capabilities, thereby making the skies safer and plane travel more cost efficient. In addition, unmanned drone flights can start flying American skies in the next several years. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, FAA, Feature, Politics Tagged Big Labor, Capitol Hill, FAA, federal aviation administration, GPS, National Mediation Board, NMB, Obama, Senate
At every step of the way, this president has ceded to big labor’s demands and sacrificed the interests of employees and employers as he travels the country extoling the importance of job creation and economic growth. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Feature, NLRB Tagged Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and National Federation of Independent Businesses, Congress, Congressional Review Act, Education, Employee Rights Act, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, NLRB, Obama, recess appointments, Representation Fairness Restoration Act, Richard Griffin, Senate Health, Sharon Block, The Hill, White House, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act
“The lengths President Obama will go to payback Big Labor appear limitless. First, he recess appoints Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to the National Labor Relations Board without giving the Senate any time whatsoever to conduct its Constitutional responsibility to advise and consent, and next, his Justice Department issues a legal opinion which disputes previous findings from that very same office,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Feature, NLRB, Politics, Unions, WFI Letters Tagged Constitution, Justic Dept, NLRB, Obama, President, recess appointments, Richard Griffin, Senate, Sharon Block, solicitor general, The Washington Times, unconstitutional, Washington Examiner, WFI, Wszolek
In the court of public opinion, labor bosses have already lost, and in a few years, we might look back at NRLB rulings on matters such as “ambush” elections and Specialty Healthcare as the death rattle of Big Labor’s influence. And we’ll be proud for helping hasten that day. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, EFCA, Feature, NLRB, Politics, Unions, WFI Letters, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act Tagged AFL-CIO, Ambush Elections, Americans, Big Labor, Boeing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress, Craig Becker, Democrats, Dept. of Justice, EFCA, International Association of Machinists, Jobs, Labor Law, NLRB, Obama Administration, Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, Quickie Elections, Supreme Court, Washington State, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act
“President Obama simply ‘can’t wait’ to payback his friends in Big Labor. While the president talks about job creation, his concerns rest with rewarding political allies at the expense of workers and small businesses,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Feature Tagged Big Labor, Obama, Right-to-Work, WFI
“Your continued personal obstruction, lack of compliance with a validly issued congressional subpoena and false statements to the committee are unacceptable,’ Issa stated in a letter to NLRB acting general counsel, Lafe Solomon. “The NLRB is acting as a rogue agency that believes it does not have to fully answer to Congress.” Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Feature, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged BigLabor, Cavuto, Comstock, NLRB, WFI
The question of what is fair for workers and employers in union-organizing elections was front and center during the House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing today. The legislation at the center of the hearing, The Workforce Fairness and Democracy … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Feature, NLRB, Politics Tagged Congress, NLRB, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act